The worst whistlers whistle the most. From LearnThat.org. [Unknown.]
The whistle signalled the end of the game. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
TRIPP: The term whistle-blower has a negative connotation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2003] Reference
Trent: Heal, learn tin whistle, then move on to guitar?. From Wordnik.com. [*laugh*] Reference
Oh yes, the family whistle is everywhere in Mexico, as far as I know. From Wordnik.com. [On Studying Tzotzil] Reference
The train whistle roused them from their reveries as it slowed to a stop. From Wordnik.com. [BUMMER • by John Brooke] Reference
My whistle is plastic but I would not trust or purchase a plastic treestep. From Wordnik.com. [Ameristep Strap-On Tree Steps Recalled] Reference
I got my words written today and then thought, Hm, I could practice the tin whistle!. From Wordnik.com. [don’t stick knives in babbies heads] Reference
But this whistle language -- whole conversations in whistle -- is something else again. From Wordnik.com. [On Studying Tzotzil] Reference
Matt and Emily use a wooden train whistle and their inherited sled to travel back to 1885. From Wordnik.com. [Books] Reference
Kit: pretty much. despite the fact that tin whistle does not in any way translate to guitar. From Wordnik.com. [*laugh*] Reference
Another reason people don't blow the whistle is that they would have to blow it on themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Enron Ponzi Scheme] Reference
"No hurry," said Dr. Clay, rising, "it stops at the water-tank, and that whistle is for the hill.". From Wordnik.com. [Purple Springs] Reference
I play the piano, bagpipes, bodhran (a type of Irish drum), the tin whistle, the guitar, and the harp. From Wordnik.com. [YA BOOK CLUB PRESENTS: INTERVIEW WITH MAGGIE STIEFVATER | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews] Reference
Usually he can anticipate when the referee's whistle is coming, but this happened so suddenly, so cruelly. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - USA falls agonizingly short] Reference
Voice The drake's frequent whistle is unmistakable: three notes, the middle one rising in pitch-we-WEE-hoo. From Wordnik.com. [Field Guide: Know Your Waterfowl] Reference
"You know when the whistle is being (blown) like that, it kind of encourages you to go to the rack and get a call.". From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
The crowd celebrates, breathes easier, then is angered when Hamm is toppled in the box without a whistle from the ref. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Win keeps storm clouds at bay] Reference
Retaliatory discharge is US state court language for what is commonly called a whistle-blower lawsuit in federal court. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
The starting pitcher cupped his lips and duplicated the sound a train whistle to celebrate the Yankees 'accomplishment. From Wordnik.com. [ALCS notebook] Reference
Call The drake's distinctive whistle is used to lure teal, and it's a deadly confidence call for other puddle ducks, too. From Wordnik.com. [Field Guide: Know Your Waterfowl] Reference
We have our own night sounds here, but that silence broken by a far off train whistle, boy I like hearing that. thriftqueen. From Wordnik.com. [Culture Shock -- on Returning to the US or Canada] Reference
His whistle was a combination of disbelief and distress. From Wordnik.com. [Dancer's Illusion]
Now her so-called whistle-blowing is being put to the test. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2006] Reference
But the whistle was a failure, very unlike the real Tommy-whistle. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922] Reference
Greenhouse told "Fraud" she is proud to be called a whistle-blower. From Wordnik.com. [Halliburton, Rumsfeld & His Bunny Tale.] Reference
He had only to step to the door and blow a whistle were a row to begin. From Wordnik.com. [Felix O'Day] Reference
The whistle is our symbol of protest as we work to change these things. From Wordnik.com. [Something About a Name] Reference
The whistle was a signal, and she had been taught to obey unquestioningly. From Wordnik.com. [The Dream Doctor] Reference
"To see them twist those valves and blow the whistle was a complete delight.". From Wordnik.com. [San Bernardino County Sun Most Viewed] Reference
Imagine the Morse alphabet applied to a steam-whistle, which is often heard five miles. From Wordnik.com. [If, Yes and Perhaps Four Possibilities and Six Exaggerations with Some Bits of Fact] Reference
(Laughs …) Anyway, suddenly, I was now being called the whistle-blower on the US economy!. From Wordnik.com. [AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09] Reference
I think that the Derek Jeters and the other people who are clean as a whistle are the role models. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2008] Reference
Then she made Jondalar's call whistle for him, and she suddenly felt a stab of worry about the man. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
A little because, you know, the noise, the whistle, I mean, the whistle is the main thing, I think. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Barbara Hanks, August 10, 1994. Interview K-0098. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
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